Brush with auxiliary toilet tissue roll

ABSTRACT

A brush with a compartment containing one or more single-use size roll or rolls of auxiliary or emergency toilet tissue. The compartment protects the roll or rolls from ordinary damaging forces such as wear, dirt and moisture.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 1,891,471, issuedDec. 20, 1932, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 2,235,637, issuedMar. 18, 1941, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 2,647,490, issuedApr. 4, 1953, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 2,943,602, issuedJul. 5, 1960, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 2,998,822, issuedSep. 5, 1961, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 3,137,305, issuedJun. 16, 1964, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 3,721,250, issuedMar. 20, 1973, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 3,960,160, issuedJun. 1, 1976, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 3,964,501, issuedJun. 22, 1976, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 4,055,195, issuedOct. 25, 1977, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 4,938,621, issuedJul. 3, 1990, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 4,958,596, issuedSep. 25, 1990, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 4,977,909, issuedDec. 18, 1990, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 5,056,480, issuedOct. 15, 1991, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 5,193,557, issuedMar. 16, 1993, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 5,622,192, issuedApr. 22, 1997, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 5,725,130, issuedMar. 10, 1998, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 5,927,290, issuedJul. 27, 1999, included by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 6,672,313, issuedJan. 6, 2004, included by reference herein.

Applicant filed patent application Ser. No. 11/182,978 on Jul. 15, 2005,published Jan. 18, 2007, for a Toilet Tissue Roll Holder Axle WithAuxiliary Tissue. The present application is similar in nature to thatpending application in having a compartment for storing auxiliary toilettissue.

Applicant filed patent application Ser. No. 11/357,571 on Feb. 17, 2006for a Wall Mount Toilet Tissue Roll Holder With Auxiliary Tissue. Thepresent application is similar in nature to that pending application inhaving a compartment for storing auxiliary toilet tissue.

Applicant filed patent application Ser. No. 11/395,037 on Mar. 31, 2006for a Wall Mount Mechanical Toilet Tissue Roll Holder With AuxiliaryTissue. The present application is similar in nature to that pendingapplication in having a compartment for storing auxiliary toilet tissue.

Applicant filed patent application Ser. No. 11/406,539 on Apr. 19, 2006,allowed Jul. 17, 2007, for a Pivoting Toilet Tissue Roll Holder WithAuxiliary Tissue. The present application is similar in nature to thatallowed application in having a compartment for storing auxiliary toilettissue.

Applicant filed patent application Ser. No. 11/476,449 on Jun. 28, 2006for a Toilet Tissue Roll Holder Spindle With Auxiliary Toilet Tissue.The present application is similar in nature to that pending applicationin having a compartment for storing auxiliary toilet tissue.

Applicant filed patent application Ser. No. 11/477,316 on Jun. 29, 2006for a Suspended Toilet Tissue Roll Holder With Auxiliary Toilet Tissue.The present application is similar in nature to that pending applicationin having a compartment for storing auxiliary toilet tissue.

Applicant filed patent application Ser. No. 11/595,193 on Nov. 9, 2006for a Portable, Attachable, Auxiliary Toilet Tissue Roll Holder. Thepresent application is similar in nature to that pending application init being portable and it having a compartment for storing auxiliarytoilet tissue.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to brushes, and more particularly, to abrush containing auxiliary or emergency toilet tissue.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The need for individuals to have access to a clean and dry auxiliary oremergency supply of toilet tissue presents itself on occasion andwithout warning in every facet of modern life. Public restrooms depletedof toilet tissue. Public restrooms containing inferior toilet tissue.Public restrooms containing contaminated or soiled toilet tissue. Out ofdoors where no modern public restroom facilities exist; such as whenhiking, camping, boating, or other recreational or sporting pursuits.Occupational situations requiring workers to temporarily be aninconvenient distance from modern public restroom facilities. Emergencyor disaster situations where modern restroom facilities have beenrendered inoperable or inaccessible, such as earthquake zones, floodzones, terrorism targets or any other events where individuals could usea clean and dry, portable, single-use supply of toilet tissue toadequately maintain some degree of hygiene. Any time and any place whereindividuals are conducting any activities and are not within aconvenient distance to a well maintained, modern restroom facility couldpresent a sudden and unexpected need for toilet tissue which would bestbe addressed by a means to usually, conveniently and/or discreetlymaintain a clean and dry auxiliary or emergency supply of toilet tissueclose at hand.

There is the need for individuals to store auxiliary or emergency toilettissue where it might be required, while doing so by disguise to avoidembarrassment or ridicule. There is a need to protect a supply ofauxiliary or emergency toilet tissue from ordinary damaging forces suchas wear, dirt or moisture. There is a need to easily carry a supply ofauxiliary or emergency toilet tissue with other common objects so it canbe easily transported, located, and reduce the risk of it beingmisplaced by either activity or time passing.

Small packages of all sorts of non-toilet tissue types and holders forsame can be found in great number.

Small rolls of toilet tissue, and dispensers for those rolls areproduced for camping or other portable, multi-event use purposes.

The need to supply auxiliary or emergency toilet tissue in single-useamounts when standard forms of toilet tissue are depleted or are absentis long established. U.S. Pat. No. 2,801,809 filed May 6, 1954 andissued Aug. 6, 1957 to L. O. Glaner addressed the need.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,255,861 issued Oct. 26, 1993 to Saul Lerner alsoaddressed the need.

Previous patent applications filed by this applicant which provide forauxiliary toilet tissue rolls do also address the need.

Many previously patented brushes are designed to combine other beauty orhygiene needs.

Portable, attachable holders for other tissue types do not provide anindividual with the preferred perforated roll form of toilet tissue.

Camping and other portable-use toilet tissue products are contained indevices designed for dispensing due to their large, multi-use utility.These dispenser-type holders necessarily have openings for thedispensing action and therefore offer very little if any protectionagainst ordinary damaging forces such as wear, dirt or moisture. Theirdispensing design and inherent size do not afford these devices adiscrete or easily concealable embodiment.

The Glaner device design only makes it attachable to some permanentlyaffixed toilet tissue roll holders found in modern restroom facilities.

The Lerner device design only makes it attachable to some permanentlyaffixed toilet tissue roll holders found in modern restroom facilities.

Most devices disclosed in this applicant's previous patent applicationsare only attachable to permanently affixed toilet tissue roll holders,or are themselves permanently affixed toilet tissue roll holders.

Applicant's device disclosed in patent application Ser. No. 11/595,193is attachable to other devices and not designed as an integral part of ahand-held brush which is commonly devoid of any integrated attachmentcomponent.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide auxiliary oremergency toilet tissue in roll form in an amount sufficient for asingle-use.

It is another object of the invention to provide a brush with acompartment containing an auxiliary or emergency toilet tissue roll orrolls.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is a brush containing one or more single-use sizeroll or rolls of toilet tissue in a compartment for auxiliary oremergency needs when ordinary toilet tissue supplies are absent,unusable, inconvenient or embarrassing. The brush is portable. Thecompartment offers adequate protection to the roll or rolls fromordinary damaging forces such as wear, dirt and moisture. The size ofthe brush and/or the design of the brush make it concealable or discreetor easily transportable.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

A complete understanding of the present invention may be obtained byreference to the accompanying drawings, when considered in conjunctionwith the subsequent, detailed description, in which:

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a brush with a compartmentcontaining an auxiliary toilet tissue roll.

For purposes of clarity and brevity, like elements and components willbear the same designations and numbering throughout the Figures.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a brush 8 in accordance withthe invention. A head 1, a group of tines 2, a handle 3 and a cap 5 arecombined to make the brush 8. The brush 8 is made of plastic, metal,wood or other suitable materials. The brush 8 is made of one piece orseveral pieces. The brush 8 size, shape and/or design is befitting anapplication or applications such as combing, styling, curling or othermanipulation of fibrous materials. A compartment 4 with an opening foraccess is built into the brush 8. The compartment 4 can be in any partor parts of the brush 8. The removable cap 5 attaches to otherappropriate component of the brush 8 to seal the compartment 4. Anattaching system 6 is used to secure the cap 5 onto the otherappropriate component of the brush 8 thereby sealing the compartment 4.The attaching system 6 can be mechanical, adhesive, or other suitablesystem. A roll of tissue is stored within the compartment 4, secured bythe cap 5, until needed.

In this embodiment the compartment 4 is primarily within the handle 3,and a small portion of the compartment 4 is within the cap 5. In thisembodiment the attaching system 6 is an interconnecting set of male andfemale threads, the male threads being part of the cap 5 and the femalethreads being part of the handle 3.

Since other modifications and changes varied to fit particular operatingrequirements and environments will be apparent to those skilled in theart, the invention is not considered limited to the example chosen forpurposes of disclosure, and covers all changes and modifications whichdo not constitute departures from the true spirit and scope of thisinvention.

Having thus described the invention, what is desired to be protected byLetters Patent is presented in the subsequently appended claims.

1. A brush with auxiliary toilet tissue roll for carrying an auxiliarysupply of toilet tissue within a common portable grooming device,comprising: means for base for tines; means for manipulating fibrousobjects, suitably attached to said means for base for tines; means forgrasping with a hand, permanently connected to said means for base fortines; means for storing a tissue roll or rolls; means for sealing thecompartment, manually attached to said means for storing a tissue rollor rolls; means for attaching the cap to the compartment, directlyformed to said means for sealing the compartment, and directly formed tosaid means for storing a tissue roll or rolls; and means for auxiliaryor emergency toilet tissue, manually inserted to said means for storinga tissue roll or rolls.
 2. The brush with auxiliary toilet tissue rollin accordance with claim 1, wherein said means for base for tinescomprises a head.
 3. The brush with auxiliary toilet tissue roll inaccordance with claim 1, wherein said means for manipulating fibrousobjects comprises a group of tines.
 4. The brush with auxiliary toilettissue roll in accordance with claim 1, wherein said means for graspingwith a hand comprises a handle.
 5. The brush with auxiliary toilettissue roll in accordance with claim 1, wherein said means for storing atissue roll or rolls comprises a compartment.
 6. The brush withauxiliary toilet tissue roll in accordance with claim 1, wherein saidmeans for sealing the compartment comprises a cap.
 7. The brush withauxiliary toilet tissue roll in accordance with claim 1, wherein saidmeans for attaching the cap to the compartment comprises an attachingsystem.
 8. The brush with auxiliary toilet tissue roll in accordancewith claim 1, wherein said means for auxiliary or emergency toilettissue comprises a tissue roll or rolls.
 9. A brush with auxiliarytoilet tissue roll for carrying an auxiliary supply of toilet tissuewithin a common portable grooming device, comprising: a head, for basefor tines; a group of tines, for manipulating fibrous objects, suitablyattached to said head; a handle, for grasping with a hand, permanentlyconnected to said head; a compartment, for storing a tissue roll orrolls; a cap, for sealing the compartment, manually attached to saidcompartment; an attaching system, for attaching the cap to thecompartment, directly formed to said cap, and directly formed to saidcompartment; and a tissue roll or rolls, for auxiliary or emergencytoilet tissue, manually inserted to said compartment.